The Migrante Struggle: Globalization, Hegemony, and Latino Social Movements in the 21st Century
ALFONSO GONZALES
Part of the IPK Global Café Series
Sep 23, 2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Institute for Public Knowledge
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor Main Conference Room
Alfonso Gonzales is Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. Prof. Gonzales holds a B.A in Political Science and Latin American Studies from UCLA (2001), an M.A in Latin American Studies from Stanford University (2002), and a Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of California–Los Angeles (2008). He comes to NYU from the University of California – Los Angeles. Dr. Gonzales’s research focuses on contemporary migration control and migrant social movements in the U.S., Mexico and Central America. He has published on issues related to the War on Gangs in Central America, and his research has been used in federal immigration proceedings on behalf of Central American asylum seekers. Dr. Gonzales is currently working on a book manuscript and a series of related articles based on his dissertation entitled Anti-Migrant Hegemony in a Transnational North America. This event is open to the public with photo ID.
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